macOS Tahoe windows have different corner radiuses Previous: The myth and reality of Mac OS X Snow Leopard revisited Articles index Jeff Johnson (My apps, PayPal.Me, Mastodon) March 4 2026 I’m sometimes late to notice new and terrible things about … Read more
2024-07-20 Look, ma, code injection I love Live++ by Molecular Matters, aka Stefan Reinalter. It’s an exceptionally fantastic C/C++ hot-reload/live coding solution for Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation 5. If you do any kind of C/C++ development on these platforms, you … Read more
I have no idea of what is happening since I can’t even find any decent logs in Console.app, but it seems that the latest update to macOS Tahoe (26.3) has a serious bug. My desktop (a Mac Mini M2 Pro) … Read more
A macOS screensaver that plays live video streams. Supports YouTube videos and direct HLS streams. Also available: Android TV Live Screensaver Turn any live stream into your screensaver/lockscreen. Some examples: Requirements macOS Swift compiler (Xcode Command Line Tools) yt-dlp (optional, … Read more
Today I noticed something interesting while working with a sorted list of package names: sort(1) orders them differently on macOS and Linux (Ubuntu 20.04). A very simple example, with locale set explicitly: (macOS) $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 sort
Accessibility. Magnifier lets you zoom in on your surroundings using a connected camera. Accessibility Reader provides a systemwide, customized reading and listening experience. Braille Access creates an all-new interface for braille displays.9 And Vehicle Motion Cues help reduce motion sickness … Read more
One of my pet peeves is when command-line tools look for user configuration files in ~/Library/Application Support when running on macOS. In addition to offering poor ergonomics for users, I believe this behavior is incorrect according to the documentation which … Read more
MacOS has shipped with a collection of “utility” apps since the prehistoric era of classic Mac OS. A good rule of thumb what makes an app a “utility” is that it’s a tool for doing something about your computer. Ever … Read more
Very nice I’m a minimalist by nature and typically keep both my menu bar and Dock hidden. That said, I still like having the clock visible at all times. I’ve tried various widgets in the past to solve this, but … Read more
With macOS 26, Apple has announced a dramatically new look to their UI: Liquid Glass. Solid material icon elements give way to softer, shinier, glassier icons. The rounded rectangle became slightly more rounded, and Apple eliminated the ability for icon … Read more